wimple

A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medievalEurope and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.

A fold or pleat in cloth.

A ripple, as on the surface of water.

A curve or bend.

A flag or streamer.

Origin

From Middle English wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood"), from Proto-Germanic*wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil"). Cognate with Scotswympill (“wimple"), Dutchwimpel (“streamer, pennant"), GermanWimpel (“pennant"), Swedishvimpel (“pennant, banner"), Icelandicvimpill (“hood, cowl").